Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Bausum, Ann. Title: Marching to the mountaintop : how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours / by Ann Bausum. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012. Description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm Summary: Explores how the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Dr. King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis. Target Audience Note: 1200L Lexile Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination. Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile literature. Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968. Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102) and index. Accelerated Reader MG 8.9 4.0. Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Middle Level, 2013 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor, 2013 Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Cast of characters -- Death in Memphis -- Strike! -- Impasse -- A war on poverty -- Marching in Memphis -- Last days -- Death in Memphis, reprise -- Overcome -- Afterword -- Time line -- King's campaigns -- Research notes and acknowledgments -- Resource guide. LCCN: 2011024661 ISBN: 9781426309397 1426309392 9781426309403 1426309406 Other Number: 713188700 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 317895 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 323.092 Bausum Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
